How to Frame

Attach photos to the wall with a pinch of reusable plastic adhesive (try Ross Tac'N Stik, $2 at craft stores). Center a rectangle of glass over each photo (if you don't have negatives, use copies, since glass can damage photos) and secure it to the wall by hammering a small nail directly underneath and above it. The glass should be an inch or two longer and wider than the photo to create a framelike border. Here, four-by-six-inch snapshots are topped with five-by-seven-inch pieces of glass. Glass, about $2 per piece (larger sizes available), MCS Industries; 800-833-3058 for store locations.

How to Arrange

Lay photos on a tabletop in a loose grid, allowing two to three inches between each one. When you have an arrangement you like, transfer it to the wall, starting at the upper left-hand corner. Small photos, like the ones shown here, are best massed in an intimate area — over a desk in a home office, for example.